About “That's My Bitch”

This drum-heavy, James Brown-sampling track is Jay & Kanye’s ‘old school’ track for their album Watch the Throne. They use this one to claim their stakes in the Hip Hop game – that they ‘own’ the best girls, the best songs, and their haters.

Yeezy takes shots at one-half of Bad Meets Evil Royce da 5'9" over a song ‘Ye produced for him in 2003. Ironically, Jay-Z took off and replaced Royce on the 2001 hit “Renagade” with Eminem. He also sends his first notable disses toward his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa since they got together, while dropping nods to TOo $hort, who’s fond of bitches himself.

Hov stands up for [his wife Beyoncé], and colored women in general against fetishizing men, the media, and the lack of color among past and present-day icons alike.

This song underwent some noticeable changes from its pre-album version, including some new lyrics from Jay, removing the second bridge, and a different beat from Q-Tip, Kanye and Jeff Baskher.